I agree with everyone else. My vets office has 3 vets, and while I have a favorite and a least fav, I am comfortable with all of them and how they handle my Huey. I love, love, love all the vet techs at the office and they are wonderful with him. I highly recommend finding an office that you feel this way about, or at least specifying which vet you will see. Hopefully, since this wasn't someone on their website, it was not an actual office vet, but a trainee, although I think she should have introduced herself as such. Did she even introduce herself? As a nurse, I introduce myself to every l patient I treat, sometimes multiple times. I
want them to know my name. It serves 2 purposes-they now have the power to be report me BY NAME if they dont like the care I provide, OR they can mention me in a positive manner on their survey. Speaking of nursing, do you think parents come to my ED and let me remove their child from the room and tie it up in order to treat it? Hell no, they don't. If any restraining is to be done, such as for an injection or sutures, the parent is encouraged to help. Sometimes they don't want to be "the bad guy" & opt to leave the room, but that is their decision, not mine. I prefer that they stay, so there is absolutely no question that their small one was handled appropriately. Moral of this story: the patient, be it dog or small heathen child, must be treated as if it were their own by the medical personnel caring for it. You have every right to demand this quality of care, and if your current vet office cannot promise this, then I would find another vet office. Talk to your friends, check on Angie's list, whatever it takes to be confident that your pup is receiving the best care available in your area.
